Shannon Shorr, 21-Year-Old Poker Millionaire, Wins the Bellagio Cup Championship Title Along with $960,000
August 16, 2006
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Shannon Shorr wraps up his first World Series of Poker appearance with a big win at the Bellagio, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Birmigham, AL (PRWEB) August 15, 2006 — Shannon Shorr now has more than enough money to cover his tuition at the University of Alabama where he’s a civil engineering major.
Now that he’s made more than a million dollars playing poker, Shorr’s wondering if school’s his best bet.
Shorr, said he’s got some thinking to do after spending eight months as a professional poker player. He got his start by playing on line at Party Poker. He globetrotted around the world playing live events in Australia, Austria, Spain and the Bahamas until he turned 21.
The 21-year-old won the Bellagio Cup competition in Las Vegas this week and was awarded $960,000 dollars. That brings his total 2006 winnings to more than $1.3 million and ranks him THIRD in Cardplayer.com’s Professional Poker Player of the Year Contest, trailing Phil Hellmuth Jr. by only 63 points.
Shorr was planning to return to school after finishing 577th in the World Series of Poker Main Event. Instead, he decided to buy into the Bellagio Championship for $10,000 dollars and is now, glad that he did. His quest for the Player Of The Year Title can be followed at
www.shannonshorr.com
Jamie Gold wins 2006 WSOP Main Event, the bracelet and $12,000,000
August 13, 2006
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August 12, 2006
(PRLEAP.COM) Jamie Gold, who is sponsored by Bodog Poker, started the day as chip leader with $25,650,000 beat 8,773 entrants and won the event which started back on July 28th. The final table containing 9 players was played at the Amazon Room, Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada and offered total prize money of $82,466,200.
The day started with 9 players, here are there chip counts:
Jamie Gold $26,650,000
Allen Cunningham $17,770,000
Richard Lee $11,820,000
Erik Friberg $9,605,000
Paul Wasicka $7,970,000
Doug Kim $6,770,000
Rhett Butler $4,815,000
Michael Binger $3,140,000
Dan Nassif $2,600,000
The final table was reduced down to two players on level 36 with the Blinds at $200,000/$400,000 Michael Binger raises $1.5 million and both Paul Wasicka and Jamie Gold call. The flop comes 10-6-5. Michael Binger bets $3.5 million and Gold moves all-in. Wasicka folds and Binger calls. Gold shows 4-3 and Binger A-10. The turn is 7 and the river Q. This gives Gold a 3 to 7 straight and nocks out Binger in 3rd place.
Binger earns $4,1223,310.
The scene is set as the 2006 WSOP Main Event goes into heads up, Jamie Gold V Paul Wasicka.
The crunch came on hand 236 with both players limping in pre-flop and the flop coming Q-8-5. Paul Wasicka bets $1.5 million and Jamie Gold moves all-in. Wasicka calls and shows 10-10. Gold shows Q-9 for a pair of Queens. The turn comes A the river 4.
Paul Wasicka is eliminated from the tournament in 2nd place and earns $6,102,499.
Jamie Gold wins the $10,000 Main Event, the bracelet and $12,000,000.
Jamie Gold, from Malibu, California, has been taking tips from the legendary Johnny Chan. Johnny Chan is one of two living poker players ever to have won back-to-back World Series of Poker championships. He also is tied with Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth for having a record 10 WSOP bracelets.
Complete Press Release can be read HERE
Gold wins $12 million at World Series of Poker
August 13, 2006
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Fox Sports
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Former Hollywood talent agent Jamie Gold pulled off his best acting job ever early Friday, bluffing his way to victory at the World Series of Poker and taking home the grand prize of $12 million.
Gold, of Malibu, Calif., somehow convinced Paul Wasicka he had a weaker hand, getting him to push all his chips in the pot. The 36-year-old Gold screamed for joy to see Wasicka’s pocket 10s to his pair of queens.
It was the last bit of overacting for the former agent to the stars, who had bluffed and cajoled his way to the chip lead during the last four days of play.
“I knew that he was weak but he had a hand. And then I knew it was my chance,” Gold said. “I went all in and then I just went into my act. I actually talked him into calling with the worst of it and that won the whole tournament.”
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Online Poker offers the Most Online Growth
August 9, 2006
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August 09, 2006 10:22 AM US Eastern Timezone
Poker is Thought to Still Offer the Most Online Growth over the Next Three Years, Compared with Online Gambling and Online Games
DUBLIN, Ireland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 9, 2006–Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of “The Global Business of Poker Report” to their offering.
Are you wondering how recent measures aimed at cracking down on online gambling and gaming in the US will affect your business or the sports and gaming/gambling industry in general?
If the answer is yes, then you will find all the answers you need in “The Global Business of Poker”.
The Global Business of Poker, written by Rachael Church, provides an invaluable market overview of the fast-moving multibillion dollar poker industry.
The growth in the poker industry has been fuelled by many factors including increased television exposure, celebrity participation, high net-worth prizes and ease of online access through broadband penetration.
“The Global Business of Poker” examines the main issue surrounding the poker industry including market overviews; areas of opportunity; factors affecting growth in the industry such as broadband penetration, legislation and other online games; marketing strategies of poker companies; demographics of players; prize funds compared with other games and sports; as well as television exposure.
It provides case studies of the major poker companies in the world and analyses them to determine their business models and revenue streams as well as who the winners and losers will be.
This invaluable report also includes the results of a major industry survey asking sports professionals their opinions on the poker industry and where it is headed.
The report is aimed at professionals within the sports industry such as technology companies, bookmakers, games producers, broadcasters, telecoms companies, lawyers, consultants and investors, as well as at sports properties that might be considering sponsorship from a poker company.
Key findings from this report:
– Online Poker playing respondents tend to play weekly.
– Offline Poker playing respondents tend to play very occasionally.
– The largest amount of respondents play Poker for fun and to relax/socialise.
– They occasionally watch Poker on television and feel there is the right of amount of Poker programming in their countries.
– PartyPoker comes out on top as the most recognised Poker brand, followed by 888.com and the World Series of Poker.
– Ben Affleck is the celebrity who the respondents most associate with Poker.
– Poker is thought to still offer the most online growth over the next three years, compared with online gambling and online games.
– The respondents feel that legislation offers the biggest threat to the Poker industry.
– Nearly half the respondents are sitting on the fence as far as their outlook for the industry is concerned, with 48% staying neutral. Of the rest, the majority are however bullish.
About the Author:
Rachael Church is the Editor of e-newsletter Sport and Technology and the author of several widely-acclaimed reports including Sport on the Internet (June 2000), the Global Business of Sports Television (March 2003) both published by Screen Digest and Bidding and Hosting: The Guide to Successful Sporting Events (Sportcal, October 2003). She was the guest contributor to Mediametrie’s One Sport Year on the Television in the World 2003 (May 2004) and co-author of Mobile Technologies: The Opportunities for Sport (SportBusiness, April 2005).
Rachael is the former Director of Consulting for the SportBusiness Group in London and previous Editor of both the European Sponsorship Newsletter and PACT Magazine for the Producers’ Alliance for Cinema and Television.
She is the former Editor of several financial newsletters including Emerging Markets Focus, Cash Management Focus, Financial Times World Accounting Report and Financial Times Fraud Report. She was also Head of Reports at Financial Times Media & Telecoms for two years with direct responsibility for a list of over 200 management reports covering all aspects of sponsorship, broadcasting, film, new media and telecoms. Rachael has contributed to trade press including SportBusiness International, Television Business International, Advanced Television Markets, Cable & Satellite Europe, Screen Digest, Marketing and Football Insight.
Methodology:
The author has written and provided analysis for this report through a variety of sources including both primary and secondary.
These included use of internal and external database facilities, public information sources such as websites, company annual reports, personal industry knowledge and interviews with industry contacts.
For forecasts, where values of revenue streams were not available in the public domain, an estimation of the relevant revenue was provided and forecasted ahead to 2011 (or in some cases 2008) using established ArkSports methodologies.
An assumption has been made that the numbers of online Poker players will grow as the penetration of broadband grows, although this could be adversely affected by a number of factors including gaming and telecoms legislation.
All dollars throughout this report are US unless otherwise stated.
Companies Mentioned Include:
– Betonsports
– Betsson
– Bicycle Casino
– Binion
– Black Velvet Canadian Whiskey
– Blonde
– Blue Square
– Bluff
– Bodog
– Borgata
– Boss Media
– Boyd Gaming
– Bravo
– British Darts Organisation
– British Poker Open
– British Telecom
– Broadwing
– Brown-Forman
– Bulldog Communications
– Bwin
– Cablevision
– Caesars Palace
– Canadian Club Whiskey
– Canadian Poker Tour
– Canal Plus
– Cantor Gaming
– Capital Group
– CapitaLand
– Card Player Media
– Cardoza Publishing
– CardPlayer Magazine
– Cardroom.net
– Casino Games
– Casino Partouche
– CelebPoker.com
– Century Casinos
For more information visit Researchmarkets
CRYPTOLOGIC TO SET SOFTWARE FOR PLAYBOY POKER SITE
August 1, 2006
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Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:15 PM BST165
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian gambling software company CryptoLogic Inc. and Playboy Enterprises Inc. will expand their relationship by launching the first Playboy-branded online poker Web site, the companies said on Monday.
The exclusive three-year licensing deal means CryptoLogic will provide the only software used by the site, which will target players around the world except in the United States. No terms of the deal were disclosed.
The two companies already have a similar agreement in place to launch a new Playboy casino site. Playboy plans to cross-promote the gaming Web sites in its other properties, including print and online, the companies said.
“In CryptoLogic, Playboy has found an innovative and proven partner who can help us capitalise on the growth and excitement of online poker,” Playboy chief executive Christie Hefner said in a statement.
The poker site will use marketing similar to that of the casino site, offering Playboy merchandise, invitations to events hosted by the company and even trips to the “legendary” Playboy Mansion, the companies said.
